Question

【题目】Quicksand (流沙)

Everybody is afraid of quicksand. In the films, people fall into quicksand. They are pulled down and down. They ________! No one sees them again!

Can it really pull things down? No, it can’t. Quicksand cannot pull things into it. Quicksand is really loose(松的) and with a lot of water. The water makes the quicksand. It is ________ the sand on the beach. A person can walk on the beach but he cannot walk on quicksand. It is too loose.

Falling into quicksand does not hurt. It is ________ like falling into water! Your body will go down but then it will come up. People can ________ in quicksand. However, they must not _______in the sand. That would make them go down. They should move slowly when they are in quicksand.

There is quicksand in many places. We can find it near the mouths of large rivers. The mouth of the river is ________ the river meets the ocean or the sea. There is quicksand on land too. In some places the water stays on the land. It does not drain (排放) or dry up. If there is sand around, the sand gets very wet. Then it becomes quicksand.

【1】A.appearB.vanishC.approachD.come up

【2】A.similar toB.the same asC.different fromD.difficult to

【3】A.thoroughlyB.almostC.neverD.hardly

【4】A.floatB.walkC.speedD.travel

【5】A.sleepB.walkC.fightD.sing

【6】A.whyB.howC.whichD.where

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【6】D

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要介绍了流沙，通过描述流沙与沙滩上的沙子不一样，以及在流沙中应该怎样做。

【1】句意：他们消失了。

本题考查动词辨析，A. appear意为“出现”；B. vanish意为“消失”；C. approach意为“接近”；D. come up意为“出现、即将到来”，根据后句No one sees them again“没有人看见他们”可知他们消失了，故答案选B。

【2】句意：它不同于沙滩上的沙子。

本题考查词组辨析，A. similar to意为“与……相似”；B. the same as意为“与……相同”；C. different from意为“与……不同”；D. difficult to意为“对于……困难的”，根据后面A person can walk on the beach but he cannot walk on quicksand. It is too loose.“一个人可以在海滩上行走，但不能在流沙上行走，它太松了。”可知是与沙滩上的沙子不同，故答案选C。

【3】句意：就像掉进水里一样！

本题考查副词辨析，A. thoroughly意为“非常、彻底”；B. almost意为“几乎”；C. never意为“从来不”；D. hardly意为“几乎不”，根据前句Falling into quicksand does not hurt.“掉入流沙中不会受伤”可知几乎就像掉进水中一样，故答案选B。

【4】句意：人们可以在流沙中漂浮。

本题考查动词辨析，A. float意为“漂浮”；B. walk意为“行走”；C. speed意为“加速”；D. travel意为“旅行”，根据前面说掉进流沙就像掉进水里一样，可知这里是漂浮，故答案选A。

【5】句意：但是，他们不能在流沙中战斗。

本题考查动词辨析，A. sleep意为“睡觉”；B. walk意为“行走”；C. fight意为“斗争”；D. sing意为“唱歌”，根据后句That would make them go down.“那会让他们倒下的。”可知不要在流沙中挣扎战斗，故答案选C。

【6】句意：河口是河流与海洋或大海交汇的地方。

本题考查疑问词辨析，A. why意为“为什么”；B. how意为“怎么样”；C. which意为“哪一个”；D. where意为“在哪里，在……的地方”，根据所给空后面的句子the river meets the ocean or the sea“这条河与大海或大海汇合”可知，应该是汇合的地方，故答案选D。

做完型填空时，首先要通读课文，明白主旨大意，然后再做题。做完型时要记住“瞻前顾后想结果”这一原则，根据上下文以及语境做题，切忌主观臆断。另外，平时还要多多积累词汇。完型填空常考名词、动词、形容词和副词等辨析。做词义辨析题时，首先要确认四个选项的含义，然后分析语境和逻辑关系，确定答案。

例如题目3中，首先确定四个选项含义，A. thoroughly意为“非常、彻底”；B. almost意为“几乎”；C. never意为“从来不”；D. hardly意为“几乎不”，根据前句Falling into quicksand does not hurt.“掉入流沙中不会受伤”可知几乎就像掉进水中一样，故答案选B。